VARIETY: TĐ-8
Selected and introduced from Malaysia by the Agriculture and Forestry University of Ho Chi Minh city with the support of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and Mars Incorporated. Belong to the only approved cocoa variety group (8 varieties) by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for widely growing in Vietnam.
MALAYSIAN ID:PBC-157
CHARACTERISTICS
Cherelles
Maturing Pods
Ripe Pods
Colour
light green
deep yellow with green
Shape
strong bottleneck, pointed tip
strong bottleneck, strongly pointed tip
Furrows
slight
Lustre
normal
Wartiness
Bean size
n/a
Tree size
Comments: Susceptible to canker and black pod.